What does photography mean?
Definitions for photography
fəˈtɒg rə fipho·tog·ra·phy
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Princeton's WordNet
photography, picture takingnoun
the act of taking and printing photographs
photographynoun
the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces
photographynoun
the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
Wiktionary
photographynoun
The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
photographynoun
The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
Wikipedia
Photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive, depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing.
ChatGPT
photography
Photography is the art, practice, or process of creating images by capturing light or other electromagnetic radiation on a photosensitive medium. It involves the use of a camera or other image-capturing device to record and preserve visual moments, either as a form of artistic expression, documentation, or for commercial purposes. Photography encompasses various techniques, perspectives, and styles, allowing individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, or capture the beauty of the world around them through visual images.
Webster Dictionary
Photographynoun
the science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like
Photographynoun
the art or process of producing pictures by this action of light
Etymology: [Photo- + -graphy: cf. F. photographie.]
Wikidata
Photography
Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film, or electronically by means of an image sensor. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result in a photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically developed into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing. Photography has many uses for business, science, manufacturing, art, recreational purposes, and mass communication.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Photography
fō-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of producing pictures by the action of light on chemically prepared surfaces.—n. Phō′tograph, a picture so produced.—v.t. to make a picture of by means of photography.—ns. Phōtog′rapher, Phōtog′raphist.—adj. Phōtograph′ic, -al.—adv. Phōtograph′ically. [Gr. phōs, light, graphein, to draw.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Photography
Method of making images on a sensitized surface by exposure to light or other radiant energy.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'photography' in Nouns Frequency: #2811
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of photography in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of photography in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of photography in a Sentence
This is a type of photography that can not be posed. This is street photography, i have no ethical concerns because I am not ridiculing people. I have to like people in order to photograph them, and this is all a commentary.
We feel that the quality and unorthodox style of many of Ruskin’s daguerreotypes will come as a major surprise to both photographic historians and those in the field of Ruskin scholarship, ruskin’s daguerreotypes would be a sensational new revelation in the history of photography even if he were completely unknown.
From McKenna Pro Photography, from John Deere, which is a global company, to The Sulky, which creates high-end buggies, they're taking their time and they're making masks for our communities, we've seen the resiliency, we've seen incredible business acumen, and people be able to change on the go, on the fly to make things happen for our safety.
Renee loves me and I love Renee. Well, I mean she’s in the same category as Emma Thompson, in terms of lunacy, but an amazing actress of course, and very generous, she once sent me a fabulous huge volume of beautiful photography, including a lot of semi-undressed women. I remember it because I had just landed in Marrakesh … and the book was impounded.
There's no way I can take a camera and just do street photography in Morocco. People will get aggressive.
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Translations for photography
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- fotografíaAragonese
- تصوير, التصوير, فوتوغرافياArabic
- fotoqrafiyaAzerbaijani
- фатагра́фіяBelarusian
- фотогра́фияBulgarian
- kɔtɛbaBambara
- ফটোগ্রাফী, ফটোগ্রাফিBengali
- luc'hskeudennerezhBreton
- fotografiaCatalan, Valencian
- fotugrafiaCorsican
- fotografování, fotografieCzech
- фотографиChuvash
- ffotograffiaethWelsh
- fotografi, fotograferingDanish
- FotografieGerman
- φωτογραφική, φωτογραφίαGreek
- fotartoEsperanto
- fotografíaSpanish
- fotograafiaEstonian
- argazkigintzaBasque
- عکاسیPersian
- valokuvaus, valokuvaaminenFinnish
- photographieFrench
- fotografie, fotografyWestern Frisian
- grianghrafadóireachtIrish
- fotografíaGalician
- צילוםHebrew
- फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी, फोटोग्राफी, छायाचित्रHindi
- fényképezésHungarian
- fotografiIndonesian
- fotografiaItalian
- צילוםHebrew
- 写真術, 写真撮影, 撮影Japanese
- ឆាយាលេខន៍, សិល្បៈថតរូប, ថតរូបKhmer
- ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣKannada
- 사진, 사진술Korean
- photographia, PhotographyLatin
- fotografijaLithuanian
- fotogrāfijaLatvian
- fotografu, fotografijaMaltese
- fotografieDutch
- fotografi, fotograferingNorwegian
- fotografiaPolish
- fotografiaPortuguese
- fotografia, fotografieRomanian
- фотогра́фия, фотографияRussian
- fotografija, фотографијаSerbo-Croatian
- fotografiaAlbanian
- fotografi, fotograferingSwedish
- புகைப்படம்Tamil
- ఫోటోగ్రఫీTelugu
- fotoğrafçılıkTurkish
- фотографія, фотогра́фіяUkrainian
- فوٹو گرافیUrdu
- nhiếp ảnhVietnamese
- kölafotograf, litamag, fotograf, fotogafVolapük
- fotografeyeWalloon
- פאָטאָגראַפיעYiddish
- 摄影Chinese
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